Algebra Quote by Paul Halmos Download Open image “The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.” — Paul Halmos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Algebra Books Inspirational Pointless Seasoning Space Valueless
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper was by… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
There is no shortage of mechanisms by which to measure almost anything. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life, and it'd lose even its imperfection. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Empty space is a boiling, bubbling brew of virtual particles that pop in and out of existence in a time scale so short that… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“Nothingness It is only in nothing... A damp, dull, nothingness Those cold, sharp, empty spaces In our times of scarcity and loss That we… — Christine Evangelou Copy Share Image
Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants. — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own question, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
“In other words, general set theory is pretty trivial stuff really, but, if you want to be a mathematician, you need some and here… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
It saddens me that educated people don't even know that my subject exists. — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites. — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in effect, decide whom… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not a deductive science, that's a cliché ... What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork. — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper was by… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
Feller was an ebullient man, who would rather be wrong than undecided. — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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Astronomy, that micography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences. ... Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side; on its… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the 'square root'… — Michael Atiyah Copy Share Image
Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers. — Vladimir Arnold Copy Share Image
There's nothing in your life you can't learn from, if you respond with the right attitude. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient. — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
A child in the 4th grade who's just learning algebra is not imperfect. While there may be a child in the 12th grade who's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting,… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image